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made good time

made good time is the simple past and past participle of make good time.

Meaning of make good time

Verb

make good time (third-person singular simple present makes good time, present participle making good time, simple past and past participle made good time)

  1. To proceed at a good pace.
    • From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is...1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
  2. To arrive in good time.
  3. To use one's time efficiently.

Questions about made good time

What is made good time the simple past and past participle of?
Made good time is the simple past and past participle of make good time.

Words near made good time in the dictionary

  1. made game of
  2. made garden
  3. made good
  4. made good on
  5. made good one's running
  6. made good time
  7. made ground
  8. made hand
  9. made hands
  10. made happen
  11. made hard work of

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